HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says fighters will all be ‘subject to the law’ as he sought to emphasise need for unity in post-war Syria
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has said Syrian rebel factions will be disbanded and fighters will join the ranks of the defence ministry.Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has said Syrian rebel factions will be disbanded and fighters will join the ranks of the defence ministry.
In a separate meeting with a British delegation, Sharaa, who was formerly known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, also said that international sanctions against Damascus must be lifted if refugees displaced by the war are to return. The sanctions have played a part in crippling the wartorn country’s economy; hyper inflation is rampant and at least 70% of the populationAssad’s fall has left western countries with the dilemma of how to deal with HTS, which has its roots in al-Qaida. It maintains it has renounced jihadism yet has been accused of human rights abuses and remains proscribed as a terrorist group by the UN and several western countries, including the US and UK.
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